America's two major private delivery companies say they're unwilling to step in and handle the flood of mail-in ballots — and they advised voters against using their services for ballot delivery.
The Postal Service recently warned state election officials that ballot delivery could be significantly delayed because of the record number of mail-in ballots expected during the pandemic. But America's two major private delivery companies say they're unwilling to step in and handle the flood of mail-in ballots -- and they advised voters against using their services for ballot delivery.
More importantly, it's unclear whether ballots delivered by an outside carrier would be accepted by all the county election officials in charge of counting votes."Each state is responsible for their own rules regarding mail-in ballots and the requirements for validity vary greatly from state to state," said UPS in a statement."We'd suggest speaking with state authorities who set the rules to see if they will accept a ballot if delivered by a private express carrier.
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